Gateway C-140X Owners Lounge

[Darak]

Did you not read the link? I'm sorry, but IBM is not selling a yottabyte hard drive. They are not giving them away because they are not making them. 1024^4 Terabytes is one Yottabyte. I'm going out on a limb and saying I doubt there is even one Yottabyte in existence at this point. The number is so far-fetched it's illogical and to believe a drive holding it exists is lunacy.

In fact: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yottabyte
The yottabyte has not been achieved in amount of total data.

Just to have some form of on-topicness to this. I totally know why Castleman is MIA. His model obviously shipped with the faulty part, causing the machine to malfunction and in turn explode in his hands. RIP Castleman =(

[PeyysAgEEk]

She told me that when the first batch came off the line, there was a problem with one of the components, so they are working with the manufacturer to resolve the problem

That could be real bad for us getting the first batches...

[Sven]

Thats a real pain. Im going to be a camp counselor starting on July 28th for a few weeks... drag.

[Iceman]

yeah, i talked to rep today who said there was a faulty part and that my tablet wont ship until 7/30 as opposed to an EAD of 7/25. So thats not too bad, though I ordered mine right away. She couldn't tell me what the part was. At least they caught the problem before they shipped them.

[apinkpony]

that is weird that there is a faulty part if castleman got his properly. also, i ordered mine on 7/2 and everything sounds fine for mine. Maybe us who ordered early (i ordered early morning) dont have the faulty parts like later first batchers.

[Pluta0]

I believe it is the fingerprint reader!!!! I didnt get it and everyone else did. No delays here.

[mrdelayer]

According to the web status, automated phone status and the fact that I haven't gotten any emails from Gateway, I'm still on track for a July 25th EAD. I'll call and talk to a rep tomorrow (I've been at work all day) and find out for sure.

[Sven]

Nope, I didnt get the fingerprint reader and mine was delayed 3 days

[apinkpony]

Yeah... and i DID the reader and I have no delays.

[mrdelayer]

For the record, here is my delay-free parts list:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7300 (2.00 GHz, 800 MHz, 4 MB L2)
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)
2048 MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2-1024MB modules)
120 GB 5400 RPM Serial ATA <-- you may want to look here for delays
24x/10x/24x CD-RW / 8x DVD combo drive <-- or here
Chassis w/ ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD 256 MB PCIe Graphics and Fingerprint Reader <-- not the fingerprint reader
Three year accidental damage plan
90 watt AC adapter
Microsoft Works 8.5 <-- someone mentioned it might be this; doubt it
Cyberlink Power2Go for Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate
Primary 12-cell Lithium Ion battery w/ one year limited battery warranty
14.0" WXGA TFT Active Matrix (1280x768 maximum resolution) w/ Gateway Executive Stylus (by WACOM)
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